Image Blur

Generates base64 encoded, downscaled and blurred versions of media library's images, which can be used f.e. as a placeholder.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews

How scoring works →

50 Health · D

Maintenance 16/100

Rating quality 74/100

Support 70/100

50 health vs 60 average across 6,102 Uncategorized plugins

100+

Active installs

≈190 estimated

7.8K

Total downloads

since 2021

3.98★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 1 reviews

+5%

128

Downloads · 30d

trailing 30 days

Removal-risk signals

34/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
No tested-up-to version. The listing declares no "Tested up to" version.

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

31 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 24/100

WP compatibility 32/100

Rating quality 51/100

Listing tuning 20/100

To rank higher: Last updated 914 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+5% vs prior 30d

Oct 22

Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

128

now · peak 1.3K

Directory rank

wp.org popularity rank over time · lower is better

Downloads per 1k installs · 30d

Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base

Estimated active installs

wp.org reports only “100+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate

100–200 ≈190

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations

Ratings · 1 reviews

Details

Version: 3.0.2
Last updated: 2.5y ago
Added: 2021-11-30 · 4 yrs on WP
Requires WP: 6.1.1
Tested up to: —
Requires PHP: 8.2

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Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

2024-11-14 90+ → 100+ up after 3 days in band
2024-11-11 100+ → 90+ down after 3 days in band
2024-11-08 90+ → 100+ up after 3 days in band
2024-11-05 100+ → 90+ down after 15 days in band
2024-10-21 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in band
2024-10-20 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in band
2024-10-19 90+ → 100+ up after 40 days in band
2024-09-09 100+ → 90+ down after 49 days in band

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Image Blur: 100+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/image-blur